I am very new to system administration. Have a doubt, how does the system admin gets the Ethernet address information of the computers in the network. Actually my doubt is how does he determine the ...

I would like to develop a new program for Ubuntu that will
monitor the user's activity ,If user frequently uses a particular software "X" in certain time (like 8:00 A.M - 10:00 A.M ) ,when the time ...

I do not know how I did it but I am now missing my administration menu. I am using 12.04 (but with all upgrades) and GNOME FALL-BACK. Could anyone direct me on how to restore it? I have tried adding ...

I have decided to use Ubuntu as my base OS for my internet cafe machines, and also for the thin clients that connect to my Windows terminal server running 2008 R2. 8 machines in internet cafe room, ...

The laptop always boots winXP and requests an Administrator password. I went into the setup where I attempted to reset all passwords and the start up order but the Admin password is still demanded. ...

I still have the password but I no longer have the name I used to create the administrator's account. As I'm a novice in all this, I'm not sure I can safely go root without royally messing things up.
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When I try to install real VNC and enter in the registration code I get administrator privileges are required for this task. How do I get around this? I am the only user on the computer and already ...

I am running Ubuntu Server 14.04 on an Lenovo IdeaCentre d400.
The load average is never under 1.0.
So I started to take a deeper look. I do not find anything that could be responsable for this load. ...

I am the administrator and only user of my laptop with a new installation of 14.04. I created a bootable USB and when it is used I find this file "PRJ_20071023" that I can not read or delete. I get a ...

I have just installed the latest ubuntu server.
This is the state of my server right after booting:
root@vzu01-ubuntu:~# uname -a
Linux vzu01-ubuntu 3.16.0-30-generic #40~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan ...

I want to restrict the employees(users) using the computers in this company.
How can I restrict user to their home directory to cannot see or use their the Devices, File System and Network on Ubuntu ...

i would like to see your thoughts on this problem: i have a computer class with 5 machines, teachers will need to play audio/video files, run presentations, surf the web, have access to home directory ...

I'm not sure if this is the proper forum that I can use to address my concern.
I was working on a server and suddenly the client reported that the site stopped to load awhile ago and now it's working ...